US seeks to reboot military channels with China
WASHINGTON, Nov 02 (AFP): US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot military-to-military links to "deconflict and deescalate".Hegseth met with China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of a regional summit in Malaysia, a day...
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Mamdani leads dramatic New York mayoral race
NEW YORK, Nov 02 (AFP): New Yorkers will pick a new mayor on Tuesday after an unpredictable race that has drawn attention from far beyond the largest city in the United States, with President Donald Trump branding frontrunner Zohran Mamdani "a communist."Breakout Democratic Party candidate Mamdani, a naturalized Muslim American...
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Sanctions, reconstruction on agenda
MANAMA, Nov 02 (AFP): Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday.Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top...
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Iran vows to rebuild N sites 'stronger than before'
TEHRAN, Nov 02 (AFP): Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes "stronger than before", as mediator Oman urged Tehran and Washington to revive stalled diplomacy.US President Donald Trump has said the strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear programme, but the full extent of...
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Landslide kills 21 in Kenya after heavy rainfall
NAIROBI, Nov 02 (BBC): The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall.Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night.He...
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